I’m with Doug and Patrick that some attractive marketing demonstrating the utility of using ‘technology’ and social media for sustainability education, plus the Plaza’s usability & functionality (which we will hopefully see soon) would be tremendously helpful before the upcoming conferences.
One thing that struck me at the meeting was that a “Web 2.0″ presence could simultaneously help support three functions for the Institute: marketing/fundraising, pedagogical/curricular, and professional development. I suppose it operates like a system. The products of the curricular realm (class blogs, for example) could be used for marketing/fundraising/grant proposals. They could also serve as starting points for ‘behind-the-scenes’ pedagogical discussions among educators.
There would, of course, be some overlap, but I wonder if this conceptualization could help the class organize into teams around these three functions? At the very least, I think we can help the Institute connect sustainability education to media literacy and integrate social media into a curricular (and a professional development) framework. I suppose the ‘deliverable’ would be some practical copy that they could use in future proposals.
Thoughts?
- Jedd
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